In this Feb. 8, 1964, photo, Ed Sullivan, center, stands with The Beatles, from left, Ringo Starr, George Harrison, John Lennon and Paul McCartney in New York.

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Todd Hill
News Journal

With this summer's box office down 20 percent from last summer, is there anything to still get excited about at the cineplex this season?

Well, yes and no. It's great to see the aged "Planet of the Apes" property still holding strong. So many film franchises just mail it in these days (Michael Bay's "Transformers" movies), so it's encouraging when both critics and audiences get behind a picture that still bothers to put forth something of an effort, like the current "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes."

The one summer movie I'm most excited to catch, however, is one that will probably never make it ...